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Working with Grassroots CommunityBased Organizations

Anthony PorterCo‐Founder,  A Call To Men

© 2010 A CALL TO MENAll rights reserved. This presentation, or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without permission. 

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ENGAGING MEN AND BOYS in Grassroots Community 

Based Organizations• Who have we historically worked with?• Why engage community based organizations?• Ending All Violence Against All Women• What’s required to overcome challengesWhat s required to overcome challenges• Examples of effective organizing efforts

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

What Groups of Men have You Historically Worked With?

Historically the men we have worked with…

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What Groups of Men have WeHistorically Worked With?

Criminal Justice System Healthcare

L E f t

Faith Leaders

Coordinated Community Response Teams/Taskforce

Law EnforcementPoliticians

Batterer Intervention

Educators

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Why Do We Need to Engage Grassroots Community Based 

Organizations?

We need to engage grassroots community based organizations 

because…

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We Need to Engage Grassroots Community Based Organizations

• Entire groups of men we rarely have approachedhave approached

• Actively involved with young men and boys

• Great work enhanced with domestic & sexual violencedomestic & sexual violence prevention information & strategies

• Concepts of Healthy Manhood  © 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

RACE, SEX, CLASS POWER ANALYSIS

Dominating Group Marginalized Group

Men

White

Wealthy

Protestant

Middle Age

Women

POC

$ Poor

Non Protestant

YoungMiddle Age

Heterosexual

Able 

Young

Gay/Lesbian 

Differing Ability© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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RACE, SEX, CLASS POWER ANALYSIS

Legitimate Access to ResourcesDominator Group Marginalized Group

SEXISMMen

White

Wealthy

Protestant

Middle Age

Women

POC

$ Poor

Non Protestant

Young

SEXISM

RACISM

CLASSISM

AGEISMMiddle Age

Heterosexual

Able 

Young

Gay/Lesbian 

Differing Ability

AGEISM

HETEROSEXISM

ABLEISM© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Ending All Violence Against All Women

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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HEALTH

Sexual Assault

DomesticViolence DRUG SALES      

& JAIL

CLOSED

HEALTHCARE

GIRLS & WOMEN

DSS

SHELTER

CRIMINALJUSTICE 

FOSTERCARE

CPS

COMMUNITYSHERIFF PAROLE

PROBATION© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Race and Sex Construct

MOC WW

R S

S R

WM

WOCS R

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Race and Sex Construct

MOC WW

R S

S R

WM

S R

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Women of Color

• As a result of the construct that exists we are not doing the best work we can until the voices of women of color inform us that we arethat we are.

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Politics of Accountability

MOC WW

RESPECTEDHONORED

HEARD SEEN

WOC

WM

HEARD SEEN

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Politics of Accountability

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Overcoming These Challenges?

• Deconstruct, challenge and transform personal and organizational barrierspersonal and organizational barriers

• It can not be “our way or the highway”• Enhance the “good work” already being done

• Practice principles of community organizing;• Practice principles of community organizing; accountability, relationships, history and value

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

PrisonDrug Sale

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

The

PEOPLE

COMMUNITY

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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HEALTHCARE

PrisonDrug Sale

POLICE HOUSING

MENTALHEALTH

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

The

PEOPLE

DSS

GROUPHOME

CRIMINALJUSTICE

FOSTERCARE

PAROLEPROBATION

CPS

FAMILYTX COURT

COMMUNITY

DRUGCOURT

DFYSTATE

GRANTS

HUMANSERV.

FEDERALGRANTS

GOV’T

SHELTER

TRANS.SPECIAL

ED

SHERIFF

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

What Strategies are You Using to Overcome these Challenges ?

Strategies we are using to overcome these challenges 

are…

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Principles of Community Organizing

• Self‐Hate• Self Doubt/Low Self‐Esteem• Anger to Rage• Hopelessness• Choicelessness

InternalizedResponse

Choicelessness• Shame/Guilt• Distancing

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Do Men Need to Heal?

Men…

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Principles of Community Organizing

• Self‐Hate• Self Doubt/Low Self‐Esteem• Anger to Rage• Hopelessness• Choicelessness

InternalizedResponse

Do Men Need to Choicelessness

• Shame/Guilt• Distancing

Heal?

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Principles of Community OrganizingThat the wounded psyche of oppressed people must be attended to within the framework of human service programshuman service programs. These programs must link psychological healing with progressive political awareness of the way in which institutionalized systems of domination assault, damage, and maim.                   

bell hooks © 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Principles of Community Organizing

Leadership MUST understand that such programs will never emerge as long as we rely on existing structures within our current programs to address these issues.

bell hooks

© 2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Principles of Community Organizing

• People of Color• Financially poor

Marginalized

• Women• People with disabilities• Hx of incarceration• UndocumentedLGBT

High tolerance for pain

Generational Impoverishment

• LGBT• Non Protestant Internalized 

Response©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Principles of Community Organizing• Challenges of recruitment

• Importance of training• Multi‐culturalismwithout a power analysis will not create social changesocial change

©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

Examples of Effective Organizing• A CALL TO MEN ‐Milwaukee Healthy Manhood Program

• A CALL TO MEN of Youngstown

• Fox Valley A CALL TO MEN

• A CALL TO MEN of Northern New York©2010 A CALL TO MEN©

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Thank You 

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